Independence Institute

The Independence Institute is a free-market, libertarian think-tank based in Golden, Colorado. It's president is Jon Caldara. Health policy director is Linda Gorman.

The Independence Institute's "Center for the American Dream" opposes zoning in cities, and argues against Colorado's rail public transit initiative called "Fastracks," saying that "rail transit reduces the livability of every urban area in which it is found."

Board of Trustees

 * Jon Caldara - President
 * Catherine Shopneck - Chairman
 * Katherine Whitcomb - Vice-Chairman
 * Joe Ignat - Secretary / Treasurer
 * Tim Brown
 * Jeff Coors
 * James MacDougald
 * Joseph Smith

Senior Fellows

 * Paul H. Blackman - Second Amendment Project.
 * Wendell Cox - Urban Studies
 * Dr. Joane D. Eisen - Criminal Justice
 * Prof. Barry Fagin - Technology Policy
 * Dr. Paul Gallant (Independence Institute) - Criminal Justice
 * Craig Green - Water Policy
 * Fred Holden -Tax and Fiscal Policy
 * Prof. Charles King - Cultural Studies
 * Mike Krause - Justice Policy
 * Prof. Rob Natelson - Constitutional Jurisprudence
 * Dennis Polhill - Public Infrastructure and Colorado Term Limits
 * Dr. Barry Poulson - Economic Policy
 * Beth Skinner - Economics
 * Frank M. Zaveral - Professional Responsibility

Authors

 * Jon Caldara - President
 * David Kopel - Research Director
 * Pamela Benigno - Education Policy Center Director
 * Linda Gorman - Health Care Policy Center Director
 * Jessica Peck Corry - Director of the Campus Accountability Project
 * Dennis Polhill - Senior Fellow, Public Infrastructure
 * Barry Fagin - Senior Fellow
 * Mike Krause - Senior Fellow
 * Marya DeGrow - Research Associate, Education Policy Center
 * Benjamin DeGrow - Policy Analyst, Education Policy Center
 * Barry Poulson - Senior Fellow
 * Beth Skinner - Senior Fellow
 * Randal O'Toole - Director Center for the American Dream
 * Jay Ambrose - Senior Fellow

Research Associates

 * Bill Blomberg - Colorado Issues
 * Arthur "Trey" Fleisher - Economic Issues

Notable Former Associates

 * Gale Norton - Secretary of the Interior. Former Senior Fellow and Board Member of the Independence Institute.
 * Donald Hodel - Secretary of the Interior, 1985-1989. Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Independence Institute.
 * Tom Tancredo - Sixth Congressional District of Colorado. Former President of the Independence Institute.
 * John Andrews - Colorado State Senate Minority Leader ounder of the Independence Institute.
 * Rob Fairbank - Colorado House Republican Caucus Chair Third-ranking Republican in the Colorado House. Former Office Director.
 * Shawn Mitchell - Colorado State Representative - Chair, House Information and Technology Committee. Former Senior Fellow.
 * Ted Harvey - Colorado State Representative - Former Office Director.
 * Rick Grice - Director Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation. Former Senior Fellow
 * Jack McCroskey - Regional Transportation District Director Former Senior Fellow.
 * Paul Danish - Boulder County Commissioner Former Senior Fellow.
 * Bruce Benson - Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado, 1994. Former Board member.
 * Mike Rosen - News Radio 850 KOA talk show host and newspaper columnist. Former Board Member.
 * Greg Bledsoe - Colorado Counties. Legislative Liaison for agricultural, wildlife and rural affairs issues

Contact
Web site: http://www.i2i.org

Independence Institute 13952 Denver West Parkway, Suite 400 Golden, CO 80401 Phone: (303) 279-6536